For several years, Fujitsu has been developing a new type of biometric technology expected to be more secure, reliable, and perceived as less intrusive than current biometric systems, which protect against bank card thefts, fraudulent financial transactions, and unauthorized entries. ...
Boeing Phantom Works, NASA, and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory are preparing a new scaled-down version of a remote-controlled blended wing body (BWB) aircraft dubbed X-48B for flight tests early next year. The large wing shaped prototype was build ...
Transportation that exhilarates the body and mind. Or is it just art? Decide for yourself at London’s Tate Modern, where five spiraling tube slides called Test Site are on display and trial til April 11th, 2007. Entering the highest and ...
Nissan’s Pivo – This concept electric car was first unveiled to the public at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show. The three-seater uses Nissan’s high-performance lithium-ion battery to power its electric engine, resulting in an emissions-free car. Designed by Nissan along ...
Twin M hulled (the body of the craft below the outer deck) for greater stability, 24 m (80 ft.) long with a 12 m (40 ft.) beam, M Ship’s M80 Stiletto provides a rectangular deck area equivalent to a conventional ...
The technology for rearming aircraft with weapons in midair might soon be a reality. This revolutionary technology would enable combat missions, currently requiring dozens of aircraft, to be performed by very few, and to carry out numerous missions by unmanned ...
Venturi Astrolab: The first commercially available solar car – Monaco-based Venturi Company’s Astrolab, the first commercial electro-solar hybrid vehicle, will enter the market in early 2008. The company claims a top speed of 120 km/h (74 mph) and a range ...
Though widely researched for many years, the transfer of nanotube properties to composite materials to produce high performance composites has proved a difficult feat. Research for the past five years at the Florida Advanced Center for Composite Technologies on the ...
A unique air-breathing rocket built by students from the Technion in Haifa, Israel was launched from a test facility on early May this year. The sleek 3.7 meter (12 foot) Ramtech rocket took to the Israeli skies, reaching a speed ...
Touch-N-Drive – This tiny biometric device connects to the car and recognizes up to 10 users for immobilizer and an unlimited number of IDs for fleet management. The Touch-N-Drive includes a USB socket, an internal battery back-up, and can be ...
